Example sentences of "[conj] [be] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do we forget all kinds of knowledge at the same rate or is some knowledge more enduring ? |
| 2 | Or was some conditioning or perversion happening to make otherwise decent men into bad people ? |
| 3 | The inability to confirm this well-known fact has not spoilt the sudden acceptance of the placebo as something with at least a false concrete explanation rather than being some form of gothic magic about which it is better not to speak . |
| 4 | Indeed , an artefact made since about 1955 will give an apparent radiocarbon age that is some time into the future because of the excess radiocarbon produced in the atmosphere by nuclear weapons testing ( the ‘ bomb effect ’ , see p. 123 ) . |
| 5 | That was like er er what you call a linseed oil , they call is text that 's some animal 's erm oil I think out of the house and cos they used to , used to rub that in and you could them down lovely . |
| 6 | Perhaps I 'll learn to drive and be some film star 's chauffeur . ’ |
| 7 | I think that I was also over-confident when going into that river as if I 'd done it all before and was some sort of expert . |
| 8 | Most racket games are good examples , as are some ball games such as football . |
| 9 | Most Japanese papers traditionally are made in this way , as are some printmaking papers . |
| 10 | of course our members er of which we 've got a hundred and twenty three thousand , flood the lines into Luton wanted to know what happens they imagined a surplus as being some pot of er big tub of notes that they can dip it and we can dip into , but of course the surpluses have been used basically by British Telecom in particular for funding early retirement schemes er we 're in no way in knowledge whether the money 's every been paid back . |
| 11 | Experts are often loosely described as being some kind of arbitrator . |
| 12 | In the earlier stages I knew the denial to be conscious and saw it as being some sort of test of my will . |
| 13 | A team with 14 internationals though is some force and sure enough , they were back in the game with a try from Perziano . |
| 14 | Within this perspective , the need to develop in every child a facility with skills of study , library use and information handling was clearly significant , as was some ideal of a fully integrated , centralised resources centre which would provide a hub for the wide range of activities comprising the curriculum . |